Letter of Invitation
Consulting Services
Name of Assignment: Hiring of Technical Support Agency (TSA) for Livestock Business Development under PIU-AHD, SMART
RFP Reference No.: SMART/PCMU/ AHD/CS /77 /2023-24
Loan No.: P168310
Location: Pune
Date: 12/06/2024
Dear Mr. /Ms.:
- The Government of India (GOI) through Department of Agriculture, Government of Maharashtra (hereinafter called "Borrower”) has received financing from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) (the “Bank”) in the form of a “loan” (hereinafter called “loan” toward the cost of Hon. Balasaheb Thackeray Agribusiness and Rural Transformation (SMART) Project. The Department of Agriculture (DoA), Government of Maharashtra (GoM), an implementing agency of the Client, intends to apply a portion of the proceeds of this loan to eligible payments under the contract for which this Request for Proposals is issued. Payments by the Bank will be made only at the request of the SMART, DoA, GoM through GOI and upon approval by the Bank, and will be subject, in all respects, to the terms and conditions of the loan agreement. The loan agreement prohibits a withdrawal from the loan account for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, or for any import of goods, if such payment or import, to the knowledge of the Bank, is prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Security council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations. No party other than the Borrower shall derive any rights from the loan agreement or have any claims to the proceeds of the loan
2. The Project Implementation Unit –Animal Husbandry, SMART Project (hereinafter called client) now invites proposals to provide the following consulting services (hereinafter called “Services”): Hiring of Technical Support Agency (TSA) for Livestock Business Development under PIU-AHD, SMART. More details on the Services are provided in the Terms of Reference (Section 7).
3. A firm will be selected under Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) and in a Full Technical Proposal (FTP) format as described in this RFP, in accordance with the policies of the Bank detailed in the Bank’s “Regulations for IPF Borrowers” Revised in November 2017, July 2018, and November 2020. (“Procurement Regulations”) which can be found at the following website: www.worldbank.org
4. The RFP document is available on the GoM E-Procurement Portal https://mahtenders.gov.in and the project website www.smart-mh.org . Interested consulting firms need to submit their "Proposal” through online at https://mahtenders.gov.in latest by 15/07/2024 up to 17.30 Hrs . If there is any change in the RFP document or any other scheduled date, it will be published only on the aforesaid website.
5. Joint venture or consortium are not allowed to submit the proposal for this assignment.
6. The RFP includes the following documents:
Section 1 – Request for Proposals Letter
Section 2 - Instructions to Consultants and Data Sheet
Section 3 - Technical Proposal FTP - Standard Forms
Section 4 - Financial Proposal - Standard Forms
Section 5 – Eligible Countries
Section 6 – Fraud and Corruption
Section 7 - Terms of Reference
Section 8 - Standard Forms of Contract- Lump-Sum
7. Details on the proposal’s submission date, time and address are provided in ITC 17.7 and ITC 17.9.
Yours sincerely,
Commissioner of Animal Husbandry &
Head, PIU-AHD, SMART Project
Opposite Spicer College, Aundh,
Pune - 411067,
Maharashtra, India.
Website: www.ahd.maharashtra.gov.in
Tel: 020-25690480
E-mail: piu.ahd.smart@gmail.com